I don't know that it's cheaper, but it won't be less than Linux just yet. Many people believe it's because Windows systems ship with third party software from companies that give Dell a kickback. That's not true. Those systems might have more margin for Dell but it's not why Ubuntu systems cost the same as a Windows system. They cost the same due to the same reason Dell isn't advertising Ubuntu systems on the front page of the website and Ubuntu isn't listed side-by-side with Windows systems. Dell really just doesn't want to sell that much Ubuntu yet.
Yup. It's big news on all the tech sites that a huge vendor is actually selling preinstalled Linux, but it's not mass market just yet. (It's also funny that Ubuntu was released the same day the Wal Mart deal was announced.) But I digress. Dell doesn't want your mom and granddad buying a Ubuntu system. They want Slashdotters and Linux nerds to buy them because they know those constituencies can actually handle a Linux system. They're probably also testing out Canonical as a partner to see if they're worth doing business with.
But that's just my uninformed opinion.
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I think you can't because customers wouldn't stand for it. You COULD install it on Linux, but not if you're targeting your offering to Linux nerds as opposed to Linux n00bs. (And I say this as a Linux nerd.)
I figure at least Dell has the courtesy to put all their support trees and articles online. That way you can do all the troubleshooting you normally would and call them with a journal ID which they'll use to see that you already ran through the crap they would have already done. Saves you a shitload of time with 'em on the phone.
I logged in JUST to type the same thing. That grated on my eyes something fierce. I thought "Might they mean 'less operating system' as in a smaller one?"
Not to be a noodge, but they've enhanced the joke as far as I'm concerned. I would appreciate Get A First Life without the letter, but the wording in the letter is right on. I bet the legal dept. got with the marketing dept. for that one because the tone is just perfect. Dry, yet actually funny (you've seen companies try too hard I'm sure. This isn't the case.)
Especially since it doesn't happen with Vista RC1. I also tried it on XP and it works fine there too. So maybe some sites are incorrectly set as phishing sites. Big deal.
If it's really just money, you would expect that the total amount spent in the gaming industry would be constant with what was spent previously plus the growth in spending on WoW, right?
I'm a tech writer. I'm writing all the new content for Windows Vista. How could anybody stay focused through that? I just let my mind unfocus a bit and get stuff done.
This doesn't seem to be a curiosity at all to me. We know that there is intelligence because we see it around us in intelligent people and experience it within ourselves. Cogito, ergo sum and all that.
We also have these ones and zeros and know we can make them perform calculations for us. Calculating seems to be the start to true intelligence (making a connection and thinking "Aha! I just figured that out! Look how intelligent I am!") It doesn't necessarily follow that these complex calculators are going to think (see Searle's beer cans, for example) but it's interesting to postulate that they might.
When the politicians are the ones passing laws (or breaking laws, as the case may be) it's easy to blame them. And in this case, they are. Do you not realize that their actions affect all of us? Do you not care that the same tactics used by the KGB are now being used by the USA?
Well, I guess it's true that people were smarter then than they are now. Or maybe public relations has just gotten to the point where we can sell the American people anything. You do agree that the Bill of Rights enumerates inaliable rights, correct? It's not something that can be set aside just because 51% of the people agree that it's not nearly as important as gaining temporary safety.
Oh, and there were plenty of people who didn't quite survive the Cold War or the first Red Scare with their rights intact. Do a search for Emma Goldman sometime.
for people who need to write or edit documentation for their projects. My former team at work was full of technical types and we were tasked, initially, with providing troubleshooting content for support. That responsibility grew to providing the same content for our customers as well. Needless to say, some people took to that role more easily than others. I stuck with it and improved my writing until I was asked to join the new technical content team that split off into a new organization.
My advice would be to have the engineers write out instructions for simple tasks, and work with them to improve the clarity of their writing until it's crisp. For example, many people start a sentence backwards and are loathe to change it even though it sounds weird. Another common problem we have is inconsistant tense in instructions. People always swap between present and future tense.
I'm replying to this thread because it's at the top. The article says that the reason that you get all of those messages is that the standard user token doesn't have access to the files that you're trying to change. So as soon as you get your Vista system, add your user token to the Program Files folder and stuff so you don't get those damn messages. I'm not sure what implications that has for security since you wouldn't give your user priveledges to the Windows folder where the registry is, but if you're worried about security, it sucks to be you, pretty much.
I have the choice of either riding my bike or taking the bus. If I ride the bike to work, I usually get there before I would if I had taken the bus. However, since the ride home is uphill most of the way, the bus is significantly faster. My compromise is to take my bike and buy a monthly bus pass for $10. I can put the bike on the rack on the front of the bus and (in case the bus is late) I can ride all or part of the way to work (I have one transfer). I typically load the computer up with news (slashdot, msnbc, cnn), opinion (dailykos, talkingpointsmemo), and comics (too many to list). It's much more enjoyable than driving.
Like, "How much goodness are we going to get from that project?" There are plenty of words that we could use in its stead like "benefit", "reward", "savings", or "revenue". But since people don't know what you're aiming for, they say "goodness". I, personally, say "benefit", because it's ambiguous, but it's still a word you would use in normal circumstances. It's a REAL WORD with a real meaning. However, deliverables is a word that I do use. I also use action item. Those are things we know about and all try to avoid, right? Y'all feel me, mah homies?
Hopefully somebody posts a review that actually tells me how Fedora Core 5 is different than 4, and how that is a good/bad thing. This just shows me some screenshots while some dude prattles on about how the window manager loads faster. Does anybody actually have anything interesting to say about Fedora Core 5? Is Gnome better in this version? Is it functionally better in any way?
People like you who spout ideas like this are truly sickening. No, making it illegal to discriminate based on race, creed, or national origin does not completely abolish discrimination, but just as yelling "Fire" in a theater is not free speech, neither is not allowing a black family to rent a house because of their color. People will be sued, legal behavior will be enforced, and the situation will be better.
Besides, why are you so upset about anti discrimination laws if you yourself aren't going to discriminate? Which type of discrimination were you planning?
So my company offers money for college. They'll reimburse you about three grand a year. That's damn good for a community college (which is what I'm going to start doing this summer) but I don't think it'll go far once I get to a four-year university. As for the free-time, luckily my wife and I don't have kids yet, and we're both going to get some college done (hopefully she'll get completely finished with her Bachelors) before we mate.
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Best two word comment ever. Best comment to directly quote a parent ever. We need Slashdot awards.
I said "cheaper than Linux" but meant "cheaper than Windows boxes". Preview didn't work. Seriously.
Yup. It's big news on all the tech sites that a huge vendor is actually selling preinstalled Linux, but it's not mass market just yet. (It's also funny that Ubuntu was released the same day the Wal Mart deal was announced.) But I digress. Dell doesn't want your mom and granddad buying a Ubuntu system. They want Slashdotters and Linux nerds to buy them because they know those constituencies can actually handle a Linux system. They're probably also testing out Canonical as a partner to see if they're worth doing business with.
But that's just my uninformed opinion.
I think you can't because customers wouldn't stand for it. You COULD install it on Linux, but not if you're targeting your offering to Linux nerds as opposed to Linux n00bs. (And I say this as a Linux nerd.)
If you search the Dell knowledge base for "Ubuntu DVD" after it ships you'll have the answer to this question.
I figure at least Dell has the courtesy to put all their support trees and articles online. That way you can do all the troubleshooting you normally would and call them with a journal ID which they'll use to see that you already ran through the crap they would have already done. Saves you a shitload of time with 'em on the phone.
Qwest communications told the government to "sod off" and they were soon investigated and embroiled in an insider trading case.
I logged in JUST to type the same thing. That grated on my eyes something fierce. I thought "Might they mean 'less operating system' as in a smaller one?"
Not to be a noodge, but they've enhanced the joke as far as I'm concerned. I would appreciate Get A First Life without the letter, but the wording in the letter is right on. I bet the legal dept. got with the marketing dept. for that one because the tone is just perfect. Dry, yet actually funny (you've seen companies try too hard I'm sure. This isn't the case.)
Especially since it doesn't happen with Vista RC1. I also tried it on XP and it works fine there too. So maybe some sites are incorrectly set as phishing sites. Big deal.
If it's really just money, you would expect that the total amount spent in the gaming industry would be constant with what was spent previously plus the growth in spending on WoW, right?
I'm a tech writer. I'm writing all the new content for Windows Vista. How could anybody stay focused through that? I just let my mind unfocus a bit and get stuff done.
We also have these ones and zeros and know we can make them perform calculations for us. Calculating seems to be the start to true intelligence (making a connection and thinking "Aha! I just figured that out! Look how intelligent I am!") It doesn't necessarily follow that these complex calculators are going to think (see Searle's beer cans, for example) but it's interesting to postulate that they might.
KC5UVV. I have no idea when it lapses. It's just not useful for anything anymore and I don't even have equipment.
When the politicians are the ones passing laws (or breaking laws, as the case may be) it's easy to blame them. And in this case, they are. Do you not realize that their actions affect all of us? Do you not care that the same tactics used by the KGB are now being used by the USA?
Oh, and there were plenty of people who didn't quite survive the Cold War or the first Red Scare with their rights intact. Do a search for Emma Goldman sometime.
My advice would be to have the engineers write out instructions for simple tasks, and work with them to improve the clarity of their writing until it's crisp. For example, many people start a sentence backwards and are loathe to change it even though it sounds weird. Another common problem we have is inconsistant tense in instructions. People always swap between present and future tense.
I'm replying to this thread because it's at the top. The article says that the reason that you get all of those messages is that the standard user token doesn't have access to the files that you're trying to change. So as soon as you get your Vista system, add your user token to the Program Files folder and stuff so you don't get those damn messages. I'm not sure what implications that has for security since you wouldn't give your user priveledges to the Windows folder where the registry is, but if you're worried about security, it sucks to be you, pretty much.
I have the choice of either riding my bike or taking the bus. If I ride the bike to work, I usually get there before I would if I had taken the bus. However, since the ride home is uphill most of the way, the bus is significantly faster. My compromise is to take my bike and buy a monthly bus pass for $10. I can put the bike on the rack on the front of the bus and (in case the bus is late) I can ride all or part of the way to work (I have one transfer). I typically load the computer up with news (slashdot, msnbc, cnn), opinion (dailykos, talkingpointsmemo), and comics (too many to list). It's much more enjoyable than driving.
that's bad enough to make me wonder if they're funded by the oil companies. I can imagine Exxon putting out (mis)information like that.
But your sig is freakin' excellent. Thanks.
Like, "How much goodness are we going to get from that project?" There are plenty of words that we could use in its stead like "benefit", "reward", "savings", or "revenue". But since people don't know what you're aiming for, they say "goodness". I, personally, say "benefit", because it's ambiguous, but it's still a word you would use in normal circumstances. It's a REAL WORD with a real meaning. However, deliverables is a word that I do use. I also use action item. Those are things we know about and all try to avoid, right? Y'all feel me, mah homies?
Hopefully somebody posts a review that actually tells me how Fedora Core 5 is different than 4, and how that is a good/bad thing. This just shows me some screenshots while some dude prattles on about how the window manager loads faster. Does anybody actually have anything interesting to say about Fedora Core 5? Is Gnome better in this version? Is it functionally better in any way?
Besides, why are you so upset about anti discrimination laws if you yourself aren't going to discriminate? Which type of discrimination were you planning?
So my company offers money for college. They'll reimburse you about three grand a year. That's damn good for a community college (which is what I'm going to start doing this summer) but I don't think it'll go far once I get to a four-year university. As for the free-time, luckily my wife and I don't have kids yet, and we're both going to get some college done (hopefully she'll get completely finished with her Bachelors) before we mate.